Support for dyfing or drying rugs or the like



Nov. 20 E923. 1,475,623. w. E. OLSON SUPPORT-FOR DYEING AND DRYING RUGS OR THE LIKE Filed July 15; 1922 Patented Nov, 2@, i923.

'W'ALTEE E. OLSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINGIS.

SUPPORT ESE DYEING GR original application filed September 24:, 1921,

DRYING BUGS 03 THE LIKE.

' 1 No. 5G2,898. Divided and this application filed July 15, 1922. Serial No. 575,419.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. .OLsoN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Supports for Dyeing or Drying Rugs or the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for dyeing or drying rugs or the like, and has for its object the provision of an improved support for rugs and the like during dyeing of the same and by means of which the dyeing process is greatly facilitated, the present application being a division of my prior application filed September 24, 1921, Serial No. 502,898, for process and apparatus for handling or dyeing rugs and the like.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of apparatus employed in carrying on the process.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a partial supporting bar or pole employed in the apparatus, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of said supporting bar shown in position of use.

The preferred form of apparatus for carrying on the process comprises a suitable truck provided with a rectangular base 4 formed of angle irons as shown and mounted upon suitable caster wheels 5. Upstanding supporting posts 6, preferably in the form of angle irons, are arranged at the four corners of the base 4 as shown and project upwardly therefrom as shown. The upper ends of the posts 6 are connected by connecting bars 7 and 8, preferably in the form of angle irons, the bar 7 extending across the rear of the truck and the bars 8 across each end thereof, the remaining side of the truck being left open as shown. Additional angle irons 9 are secured on top of the angle irons 8 with one of their legs projecting horizontally and inwardly and the other legs projecting vertically to form suitable supports for removable supporting bars or poles 10 as indicated. The supporting bars 10 are made of wood and of a length to span the space between the angle irons 9 and whereby said bars 10 may be readily placed on or removed from said angle irons,

with a rug or similar flexible article 11 folded thereover as shown and hanging within the interior of the truck, the open side of the truck greatly facilitating the operation in placing the supporting bars in and removing them from the truck. bars 10 are provided with a line of metal staples 12 driven centrally in the top thereof and projecting upwardly therefrom, and with additional lines of similar staples 13 driven diagonally into each upper corner of 7 the bars, as shown. By this arrangementit will be observed that a rllg or other similar article will be supported on the bar 10 at a plurality of separated and comparatively minute points and clear of the top and sides of said bar, as best shown in Fig. 3. Suitable steps 14 are provided on the posts 6 at the open side of the truck to facilitate the operation of inserting and removing the bars 10 with the rugs ll thereon, and a suit able drip pan 15 is provided for catching the drippings from the rugs.

In dyeing rugs,- tl1e dye is first applied to the rugs in any suitable or desired way, thus necessarily dampening or wetting the rug.

Then the rug is folded over-a supporting bar 10 and inserted into the truck as indicated, a comparatively large number of rugs being thus dyed and arranged on the truck.

Thereupon the truck is wheeled into a suitable drying room and the dye properly dried therein. In this way wooden bars may be utilized for supporting the rugs during the drying of the dye and at the same time the rugs supported at a plurality of separated and comparatively minute points and out of actual contact with the top or sides of the supporting bars. In this way the use of metal for the supporting bars which tends to contaminate and impair the 1 dyes through accidental contact therewith may be avoided and at the same time the crushing or flattening down of the nap or the projecting fibre of the rug through comparatively large and well defined and apparent areas, avoided. The specific form and arrangement of the truck employed constitutes a simple and eflicient arrangement for the purpose.

While I have illustrated and described the The supporting c5 preferred process or method and apparatus for carrying on the same, these are capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise method and apparatus'set forth but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a bar; and a plurality of supports projecting from said bar and separated from each other both laterally and longitudinally and adapted and arranged to support an ar ticle folded thereover at a large number of separated and comparatively minute points, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a Wooden bar; and a plurality of metallic supports projecting from said bar and separated from each other both laterally and longitudinally and adapted and arranged to support an article folded thereover at a large number of separated and comparatively minute points, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a bar; and a plurality of supports projecting from the top and sides of said bar and separated from each otherboth laterally and longitudinally and adapted and arranged to support an article folded thereover at a large number of separated and comparatively minute points, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising a wooden bar; a line of staples driven in said bar along substantially the central portion of the top thereof, said staples protruding from the top of said bar; and a line of staples driven in said bar along each upper edge thereof and projecting upwardly and laterally from said bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER E. OLSON.

Witnesses:

E. B. PELZ, J. P. DE CLEENE. 

